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This made me so angry - what are your thoughts

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qumquat · 04/01/2013 14:40

This was posted by a colleague of mine on FB today. It seems to be to be the most anti-feminist thing masquerading as support and love for women. The man who posted it is a lovely, caring family man and I'm sure he meant it in this way. I also know lots of women who would take it in this way and see it as appreciation. I daren't take issue with it on FB (which in itsself upsets me). What do you think?


"A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said: "When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.
And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides." !!!

Hit Like & keep sharing it .."

So, 'we' (men and children) should allow women the odd cry because they are able to cope with SOOO much more suffering (without complaining) than 'we' are. Here's an idea, why not DO something to make women's lives easier instead of putting them on a pedestal as some kind of martyr-goddess. Who knows, maybe you'll surprise yourself by being 'able' to cope with suffering!

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GetorfsaMotherfuckingMorrisMan · 04/01/2013 14:42

What a load of old WANK.

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Pagwatch · 04/01/2013 14:44

Awful, awful shite.

Women love being treated badly and putting up with dreadful shit because it's love.

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SPBInDisguise · 04/01/2013 14:46

yes that describes every woman ever, without fail

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piprabbit · 04/01/2013 14:48

And women don't need any support from the people around them - they just keep on giving and the tears make up for all the shite.

So son, don't worry about hurting your mother, your sister, your wife. Do what you like. She is different from you and doesn't feel the pain in the same way. If it gets too much she can have a little cry and all will be well again.

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qumquat · 04/01/2013 14:50

Ah, I feel better already! And yet the quote has about 2000 'likes', as many from women as men.

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DeafLeopard · 04/01/2013 14:52

Typical facebook crap along the likes of "many of you will not have the guts to post this inane status for an hour..."

Shitey mcshite

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GetorfsaMotherfuckingMorrisMan · 04/01/2013 14:54

I am not on facebook thank christ.

But it should have a LOATHES WITH A PASSION button alongside the 'like', I think.

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MirandaGoshawk · 04/01/2013 14:55

Typical American shite. (Note that it's a Mom and not a Mum.) It's sugary sentimental tosh that would make most people heave, so can safely be ignored. Smile

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tribpot · 04/01/2013 14:56

Holy shite. I can't think what you could possibly say on Facebook given I'm sure your colleague actually meant it in a kind way despite it being a load of patronising, pigeon-holing arse, attempting to justify the negation of self required of half the human race in order to serve the other.

Probably don't put that, though :)

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I must have missed my dose of this - I am absolute shite at looking after my family when sick or tired, and definitely don't do it without complaining :)

And I love this bit:

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

Right, so why does he do that exactly?

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snowshapes · 04/01/2013 14:57
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samandi · 04/01/2013 15:35

Ew.

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samandi · 04/01/2013 15:36

"sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly."

Probably by cheating on her and beating her up when she dares to complain. (Women are not supposed to complain, as per earlier sentence.)

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FestiviaBlueberry · 04/01/2013 15:36

I gave her a heavy dose of denial and cognitive dissonance so that she could get through being treated like shit by all the men around her and not expect any better.

How beautiful.

And moving.

I didn't give her any scissors or wine in case she got dangerous ideas.

There are so many sarky comments you could make. That's the problem with FB isn't it, when people you feel well-disposed to, post shite. I always ignore because I know that otherwise I would go Too Far.

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GetorfsaMotherfuckingMorrisMan · 04/01/2013 15:38

festivia you do post brilliantly - your comments on the 'men talking to women' thread have been great.

I personally thing you should post and go Too Far. Grin

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Greythorne · 04/01/2013 15:39

To be fair, this kind of shite is what FBI excels in. Just avoid FB.

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WaspFactory · 04/01/2013 15:41

Utter bullshit, I pity this man's wife/daughters

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SirEdmundFrillary · 04/01/2013 15:42

Utter wank.

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 04/01/2013 15:43

Oh, what a load o' shite.

This makes me think the people I know on facebook must actually be quite decent folk - all they do is occasionally talk rubbish and indulge in mild, easily-pisstaken misogyny. They don't make me want to puke.

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LittleWhiteWolf · 04/01/2013 15:43

I don't know what's wrong with the rest of your, but that's me down to a T.
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I think I threw up a little in mouth reading that. Total wank. That whole "women sometimes cry for no reason" thing is hilariously stupid, BUT also quite dangerous IMO. Feeding girls and boys the line that women cry for no reason sometimes whether it be because of all the shit posted on that status or those pesky hormones we can't control reinforces to both genders that whatever happens it is the fault of the woman for getting upset, even if the fault lies with someone else, i.e. an abuser.

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RiaOverTheRainbow · 04/01/2013 15:44

Women, men may treat you like shit, but they admire you for not complaining about it :)

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usualsuspect · 04/01/2013 15:46

What a load of bollocks.

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thismummyneedssleep · 04/01/2013 15:57

Its rubbish. Ignore it. Not worth your time thinking about it when you could be weeping maybe accidental hide the report\spam button. §:-)

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catgirl1976geesealaying · 04/01/2013 16:28

All this wank makes me boaky beyond belief

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Sunnywithshowers · 04/01/2013 16:32

Another boak from me.

Arf at Festivia Grin

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grimbletart · 04/01/2013 16:58

Like the rest of Facebook, a load of time-wasting tripe.

Pass the sick bag.

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